#Thetalk is a difficult conversation, but necessary. My #book teaches 5things for ALL of us to remember while stressing that all #police are NOT bad. STILL no guarantees but equips our kids w/tips that can possibly save their lives! #mommadidyouhearthenews Thanks #flykidsread

Lots of truth in DL Hughley’s words! We prepare our kids for a world that won’t see them as we do! I remember having #thetalk w/my sons. The innocence left their eyes that day! #blackparenting #blackdads #writingcommunity #blackmomsblog #blackkids #blm #MommaDidYouHearTheNews

My book #MommaDidYouHearTheNews helps parents have #thetalk about #policeencounters. But we can do EVERYTHING right & still end up a hashtag! His aunt called for a #mentalhealth check as this kid lost his mom and brother. 🥲#mentalhealthmatters #DesmanLaDuke #policebrutality

Ben Crump #mommadidyouhearthenews

Marc Lamont Hill #mommadidyouhearthenews

Red Table Talk 🥲🥲 #BreonnaTaylor #SayHerName #RedTableTalk #MommaDidYouHearTheNews

Ben Crump #mommadidyouhearthenews

The conversation known in our community as #thetalk isn’t about the birds & the bees. I still remember telling my boys they could only play w their water guns in the backyard and couldn’t take them down the street to their friends. #parenting #blacktwitter #mommadidyouhearthenews

Five years ago today PoliticsNation and Reverend Al Sharpton posted my book and got over 200 shares. Sadly, my book is STILL totally relevant! #thetalk #PoliceBrutality #wednesdaythought #WritingCommunity #LinkInBio #mommadidyouhearthenews

LeVar Burton Many schools think my book is anti-police but IT IS anti police brutality! Helps parents have #thetalk about what to do if approached by police #mommadidyouhearthenews

This scene from #ColinInBlackandWhite is why black families have been having #thetalk for years. Thank you @ava and Colin Kaepernick for shining light on our reality. And brilliantly done Jaden Michael #police #racism #antipolicebrutality #MommaDidYouHearTheNews

Hoda Kotb This can help her have #thetalk with her son. #mommadidyouhearthenews

Emmanuel Acho theGrio.com Sadly we have been having this conversation for years. Hopefully she can teach “others” that we aren’t making this up🥲. Heartbreaking 💔#mommadidyouhearthenews

Viola Davis theGrio.com Hopefully she can bring more attention to what we have been saying for YEARS!! #mommadidyouhearthenews

I almost didn’t finish my picture book #MommaDidYouHearTheNews because I knew that even when WE follow all the rules of #thetalk , it STILL doesn’t guarantee our safety. On a recent zoom, the mom of #PhilandoCastile reminded me we have to keep having this difficult conversation.

Questions I get asked about #MommaDidYouHearTheNews #bookstagram #books #bookssboutrace #blackboyjoy #diversebooks #Writer #thetalk #bookrecommendations #diverseauthors #thisisamerica #police #thetalk #librarytwitter #publiclibraries #ChildrensBooks #bookstore

That one time ESSENCE featured my book in the #10thingsweretalkingabout and the awesome Niecy Nash was on the cover❤️ #kidslit #booksaboutrace #books #WritingCommunity #diversebooks #BookRecommendations #thursdaymorning #mommadidyouhearthenews

Flashback to when Reverend Al Sharpton and PoliticsNation tweeted about my book #mommadidyouhearthenews. #sundayvibes #thetalk #BlackTwitter #diversebooks

Thanks Emeka Nnaka for reading my book #mommadidyouhearthenews for the Reading Partners event Fulton Street Books & Coffee !❤️ #kidsbooks #reading #bookstores #diversebooks #teachertwitter #librarytwitter

Had an awesome time seeing these young men read my book #mommadidyouhearthenews. Ea read a page & asked questions of their local Police Captain. I’m so impressed w/BlackBoysReadOH! #blackboysread #BlackTwitter #BLM #PoliceBrutality #mondaythoughts #BlackLivesMatter #BlackBoyJoy